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she/her | uninvited guest on Coast Salish lands | neurodivergent | MAS/MLIS student | absolute goober, mostly reposter
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Medieval peasant stereotype: Oh no, I haven't bathed in a year and do whatever the priest says.
Actual medieval peasants: The abbot tried to take our land so we sacked the monastery in a carefully-planned attack. Our commune's dividing up the spoils. I bathed this morning in the village bathhouse.
Actual medieval peasants: The abbot tried to take our land so we sacked the monastery in a carefully-planned attack. Our commune's dividing up the spoils. I bathed this morning in the village bathhouse.
Sigh. Since pieces are going around using "medieval peasant" as a perjorative again, here's your reminder that they were way better organized, more rebellious, less superstitious, more aware of sanitation and way more ingenious than you've probably been taught. I've written about this *a lot.*
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December 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Medieval peasant stereotype: Oh no, I haven't bathed in a year and do whatever the priest says.
Actual medieval peasants: The abbot tried to take our land so we sacked the monastery in a carefully-planned attack. Our commune's dividing up the spoils. I bathed this morning in the village bathhouse.
Actual medieval peasants: The abbot tried to take our land so we sacked the monastery in a carefully-planned attack. Our commune's dividing up the spoils. I bathed this morning in the village bathhouse.
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I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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This is what I said a while back. People are focusing on the tech because they are feeling discouraged about tackling the actual problem. Which is that we somehow find ourselves in a world where the powers that be are actively hostile towards the population.
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The current trajectory of deploying LLM tech absolutely constitutes a direct assault on human labor. I understand that and I'm not ignoring it. I will say that I think focusing on the tech as a way to push back is not a winning strategy. The tech is not doing this. Humans are.
This is a route to destroy unions of public school workers, increase class sizes, make small classes a luxery, and ultimately mandate teachers use Ai "efficiently" enough to justify the additional labor.
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is what I said a while back. People are focusing on the tech because they are feeling discouraged about tackling the actual problem. Which is that we somehow find ourselves in a world where the powers that be are actively hostile towards the population.
bsky.app/profile/polo...
bsky.app/profile/polo...
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The assertion that people can't/shouldn't ask for others around them to help make the world to be a better place unless making the world a better place is a behavior forcibly imposed on them is a really weird position to take.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The assertion that people can't/shouldn't ask for others around them to help make the world to be a better place unless making the world a better place is a behavior forcibly imposed on them is a really weird position to take.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
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Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶
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maybe tomorrow will be better
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
maybe tomorrow will be better
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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My most popular twitter post...
December 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My most popular twitter post...
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when in doubt, draw strawberries!!
acrylic markers on wood
acrylic markers on wood
December 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
when in doubt, draw strawberries!!
acrylic markers on wood
acrylic markers on wood
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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posting occupies an entirely different part of my brain than texting does
Is there a term for when your friend isn't texting you back but is posting on social media
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
posting occupies an entirely different part of my brain than texting does
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"It was Christmas week: we took to no settled employment, but spent it in a sort of merry domestic dissipation."
--Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
--Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"It was Christmas week: we took to no settled employment, but spent it in a sort of merry domestic dissipation."
--Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
--Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
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In a moment where RFK Jr is taking away life-saving vaccines and spreading health misinformation on an unprecedented scale, making comments that stigmatize other important layers of public health protections like mask wearing is not the play.
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In a moment where RFK Jr is taking away life-saving vaccines and spreading health misinformation on an unprecedented scale, making comments that stigmatize other important layers of public health protections like mask wearing is not the play.
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In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
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if your product can induce suicides, I think it's not sufficient to put a label on it saying, "warning, don't use this for suicides."
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
if your product can induce suicides, I think it's not sufficient to put a label on it saying, "warning, don't use this for suicides."
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This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
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biscuit got an executive membership to costco for christmas #Blueskyねこ部
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
biscuit got an executive membership to costco for christmas #Blueskyねこ部
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This is what they didn't tell you was awaiting you as an adult. Bills they said. Jobs they said. Sex they said. Traveling they said.
Nobody mentioned you could just eat big fucking masses of cheese and no one can stop you.
Unlock your full potential 🫡
Nobody mentioned you could just eat big fucking masses of cheese and no one can stop you.
Unlock your full potential 🫡
I bought heavily discounted brie at costco and tomorrow I'm gonna bake it and cover it in rhubarb preserves and pomegranate syrup and spread it on crackers and not even think for one second about how horrifyingly unhealthy it is lol
December 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is what they didn't tell you was awaiting you as an adult. Bills they said. Jobs they said. Sex they said. Traveling they said.
Nobody mentioned you could just eat big fucking masses of cheese and no one can stop you.
Unlock your full potential 🫡
Nobody mentioned you could just eat big fucking masses of cheese and no one can stop you.
Unlock your full potential 🫡
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Happy #InverteFest to everyone who celebrates. Post your invertebrate art.
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Happy #InverteFest to everyone who celebrates. Post your invertebrate art.
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Reminder: all those socks you get tomorrow that you didn’t want or need? Donate them to your local shelter, socks are one of the most requested items.
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Reminder: all those socks you get tomorrow that you didn’t want or need? Donate them to your local shelter, socks are one of the most requested items.
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merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this
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Merry Christmas to those celebrating! 🎄
To my fellow disabled &/or public health practicing folks who are masking for travels and visits, thank you! I hope you stay safe! 🫶🏻
To my fellow disabled folks also staying home bc we have no other choice to be safe: I see you. I love you. I’m proud of you.
To my fellow disabled &/or public health practicing folks who are masking for travels and visits, thank you! I hope you stay safe! 🫶🏻
To my fellow disabled folks also staying home bc we have no other choice to be safe: I see you. I love you. I’m proud of you.
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Merry Christmas to those celebrating! 🎄
To my fellow disabled &/or public health practicing folks who are masking for travels and visits, thank you! I hope you stay safe! 🫶🏻
To my fellow disabled folks also staying home bc we have no other choice to be safe: I see you. I love you. I’m proud of you.
To my fellow disabled &/or public health practicing folks who are masking for travels and visits, thank you! I hope you stay safe! 🫶🏻
To my fellow disabled folks also staying home bc we have no other choice to be safe: I see you. I love you. I’m proud of you.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM